Microservices
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 74 61
Rank change year-on-year -50 -13 -15
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 1,365 1,546 3,684
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.60% 3.76% 3.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.12% 4.04% 4.59%
Number of salaries quoted 918 1,070 2,788
10th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +15.38% -16.82%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.57% +12.00% -6.81%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Microservices falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 64,523 38,250 80,347
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 75.56% 92.93% 86.07%
Number of salaries quoted 39,734 22,522 59,066
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.54%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -8.26%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microservices job vacancy trend in the UK

Microservices
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices over the 6 months to 15 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the UK over the 6 months to 15 April 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -40 1,243 £77,500 +3.33% 507
London +7 676 £87,500 +2.94% 232
Work from Home -23 604 £70,000 -2.77% 322
UK excluding London -115 575 £67,500 -3.57% 329
North of England -53 263 £69,310 -3.72% 105
North West -43 120 £70,000 - 64
South East -116 120 £75,000 +11.11% 118
Yorkshire -46 101 £69,310 -3.72% 20
South West -90 58 £63,750 -6.97% 35
Midlands -74 57 £67,500 +3.85% 28
North East -1 42 £66,250 +26.19% 25
East of England -23 40 £63,750 +10.87% 22
West Midlands -38 34 £72,500 +3.57% 12
Scotland -77 31 £60,000 -20.00% 12
East Midlands -65 22 £67,000 +3.08% 16
Wales -26 10 £54,185 -8.93% 7
Northern Ireland -41 5 £62,500 +13.64% 5
Channel Islands - 1 £90,000 -

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 31 (2.27%) Apache Spark
2 20 (1.47%) Apache
3 18 (1.32%) Confluence
4 17 (1.25%) Apache Airflow
5 15 (1.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 12 (0.88%) JBoss
7 11 (0.81%) IIS
7 11 (0.81%) OpenStack
8 10 (0.73%) WebSphere
9 9 (0.66%) CMS
10 5 (0.37%) Apache Pulsar
11 4 (0.29%) Appian
11 4 (0.29%) Camunda
11 4 (0.29%) GeoServer
11 4 (0.29%) nginx
12 3 (0.22%) Liferay
12 3 (0.22%) NServiceBus
12 3 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
13 2 (0.15%) SharePoint
14 1 (0.073%) CICS
Applications
1 13 (0.95%) MS Visio
2 11 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (0.51%) Maya
4 6 (0.44%) PlantUML
5 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (0.15%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
7 1 (0.073%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (0.59%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
3 5 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.29%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.15%) Endur
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle Retail
5 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.15%) Shopify
6 1 (0.073%) Actimize
6 1 (0.073%) Bloomberg AIM
6 1 (0.073%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.073%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.073%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.073%) Quorum
6 1 (0.073%) R3 Corda
6 1 (0.073%) SAP FS
6 1 (0.073%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.073%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 749 (54.87%) AWS
2 566 (41.47%) Azure
3 309 (22.64%) GCP
4 243 (17.80%) Serverless
5 162 (11.87%) SaaS
6 118 (8.64%) AWS Lambda
6 118 (8.64%) GitHub
7 112 (8.21%) Amazon S3
8 103 (7.55%) Azure DevOps
9 99 (7.25%) Amazon EKS
10 76 (5.57%) AWS CloudFormation
11 72 (5.27%) Amazon SQS
12 65 (4.76%) Amazon ECS
13 56 (4.10%) Amazon EC2
14 52 (3.81%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 49 (3.59%) OpenShift
16 47 (3.44%) GitHub Actions
17 41 (3.00%) Azure Service Bus
17 41 (3.00%) PaaS
18 38 (2.78%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 51 (3.74%) Broadband
2 10 (0.73%) HTTP
2 10 (0.73%) Network Security
3 9 (0.66%) AMQP
4 7 (0.51%) Firewall
4 7 (0.51%) Internet
5 6 (0.44%) Cisco ASA
5 6 (0.44%) DNS
6 5 (0.37%) DHCP
6 5 (0.37%) MQTT
7 4 (0.29%) HTTPS
7 4 (0.29%) SNMP
7 4 (0.29%) WAN
8 3 (0.22%) LTE
8 3 (0.22%) Modbus
8 3 (0.22%) Multicast
8 3 (0.22%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.15%) Hyperconnected
9 2 (0.15%) RFID
9 2 (0.15%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 187 (13.70%) NoSQL
2 168 (12.31%) PostgreSQL
3 117 (8.57%) MongoDB
4 107 (7.84%) SQL Server
5 70 (5.13%) MySQL
6 67 (4.91%) DynamoDB
7 62 (4.54%) Relational Database
8 47 (3.44%) Elasticsearch
9 39 (2.86%) Redis
10 35 (2.56%) Amazon RDS
11 33 (2.42%) BigQuery
12 30 (2.20%) Big Data
13 22 (1.61%) Azure SQL Database
14 21 (1.54%) RDBMS
15 14 (1.03%) Pinecone
15 14 (1.03%) Power BI
16 13 (0.95%) DB2
17 11 (0.81%) Data Lake
18 9 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
18 9 (0.66%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 185 (13.55%) Git
2 123 (9.01%) Jenkins
3 92 (6.74%) GitLab
4 57 (4.18%) TeamCity
5 49 (3.59%) JIRA
6 42 (3.08%) Cucumber
7 32 (2.34%) Cypress.io
7 32 (2.34%) JUnit
8 30 (2.20%) CircleCI
8 30 (2.20%) Selenium
9 21 (1.54%) Bitbucket
10 18 (1.32%) Maven
11 16 (1.17%) Mockito
12 14 (1.03%) Claude Code
13 13 (0.95%) SonarQube
14 12 (0.88%) Vite
15 10 (0.73%) Postman
16 9 (0.66%) JMeter
17 8 (0.59%) Oracle Forms
17 8 (0.59%) Visual Studio
General
1 406 (29.74%) Finance
2 356 (26.08%) Social Skills
3 165 (12.09%) Banking
4 104 (7.62%) Law
5 99 (7.25%) Public Sector
6 89 (6.52%) Analytical Skills
7 81 (5.93%) Retail
8 73 (5.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 56 (4.10%) Financial Institution
10 53 (3.88%) Telecoms
11 46 (3.37%) Back Office
12 27 (1.98%) Influencing Skills
13 19 (1.39%) Billing
13 19 (1.39%) Legal
14 17 (1.25%) Advertising
15 16 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
16 15 (1.10%) Games
17 14 (1.03%) Marketing
18 12 (0.88%) Aerospace
19 11 (0.81%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 458 (33.55%) Developer
2 358 (26.23%) Senior
3 286 (20.95%) Software Engineer
4 216 (15.82%) Architect
5 178 (13.04%) Lead
6 115 (8.42%) Full-Stack Developer
6 115 (8.42%) Senior Developer
7 104 (7.62%) Java Developer
8 100 (7.33%) Solutions Architect
9 96 (7.03%) Senior Software Engineer
10 88 (6.45%) Java Engineer
11 71 (5.20%) .NET Developer
12 62 (4.54%) Software Developer
13 52 (3.81%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 47 (3.44%) Java Software Engineer
15 46 (3.37%) Lead Developer
16 44 (3.22%) Principal Engineer
17 42 (3.08%) C# Developer
18 40 (2.93%) DevOps Engineer
19 38 (2.78%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 309 (22.64%) React
2 292 (21.39%) .NET
3 278 (20.37%) RESTful
4 219 (16.04%) Spring
5 211 (15.46%) REST
6 201 (14.73%) Node.js
7 191 (13.99%) Spring Boot
8 174 (12.75%) Kafka
9 107 (7.84%) AngularJS
10 93 (6.81%) gRPC
11 83 (6.08%) .NET Core
12 80 (5.86%) HTML
13 72 (5.27%) CSS
14 66 (4.84%) RabbitMQ
15 64 (4.69%) .NET Framework
16 57 (4.18%) Vue
17 56 (4.10%) ASP.NET
18 54 (3.96%) Middleware
19 51 (3.74%) Django
20 50 (3.66%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 403 (29.52%) Cloud Native
2 240 (17.58%) Distributed Systems
3 106 (7.77%) Product Ownership
4 91 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
5 57 (4.18%) Greenfield Project
6 54 (3.96%) Legacy Systems
7 45 (3.30%) Over-the-Top Content
7 45 (3.30%) Video\Live Streaming
8 39 (2.86%) Data Structures
9 35 (2.56%) Algorithms
10 32 (2.34%) Distributed Architecture
11 29 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
12 25 (1.83%) Mobile App
12 25 (1.83%) Virtual Team
13 23 (1.68%) Blockchain
14 20 (1.47%) AI Agents
15 17 (1.25%) Legacy Applications
16 16 (1.17%) IoT
16 16 (1.17%) Management Information System
16 16 (1.17%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 66 (4.84%) Linux
2 27 (1.98%) Windows
3 16 (1.17%) Android
4 9 (0.66%) Unix
5 7 (0.51%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.44%) CentOS
6 6 (0.44%) Debian
6 6 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.44%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.073%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.073%) VMS
7 1 (0.073%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 664 (48.64%) CI/CD
2 541 (39.63%) Agile
3 535 (39.19%) DevOps
4 527 (38.61%) Software Engineering
5 383 (28.06%) Containerisation
6 313 (22.93%) Full-Stack Development
7 291 (21.32%) Problem-Solving
8 286 (20.95%) Mentoring
9 279 (20.44%) Event-Driven
10 267 (19.56%) Continuous Improvement
11 264 (19.34%) Test Automation
12 239 (17.51%) AI
13 210 (15.38%) Infrastructure as Code
14 195 (14.29%) Computer Science
15 163 (11.94%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 162 (11.87%) Roadmaps
17 161 (11.79%) Scrum
18 160 (11.72%) Clean Code
19 156 (11.43%) Technical Leadership
20 144 (10.55%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 446 (32.67%) Java
2 378 (27.69%) Python
3 287 (21.03%) SQL
4 263 (19.27%) JavaScript
5 242 (17.73%) C#
6 211 (15.46%) TypeScript
7 130 (9.52%) Go
8 51 (3.74%) Scala
9 43 (3.15%) C++
10 41 (3.00%) PHP
11 35 (2.56%) Bash
12 33 (2.42%) C
13 30 (2.20%) Ruby
14 22 (1.61%) PL/SQL
15 21 (1.54%) Kotlin
16 17 (1.25%) PowerShell
17 15 (1.10%) Shell Script
18 11 (0.81%) Rust
19 10 (0.73%) Groovy
20 8 (0.59%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 197 (14.43%) Degree
2 121 (8.86%) Security Cleared
3 117 (8.57%) Computer Science Degree
4 87 (6.37%) SC Cleared
5 60 (4.40%) AWS Certification
6 38 (2.78%) Azure Certification
6 38 (2.78%) Master's Degree
7 30 (2.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 30 (2.20%) TOGAF Certification
8 26 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
9 17 (1.25%) DV Cleared
10 16 (1.17%) AWS Certified Developer
10 16 (1.17%) CISSP
11 11 (0.81%) CISM
12 9 (0.66%) DBS Check
13 8 (0.59%) PhD
14 6 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
14 6 (0.44%) Cisco Certification
14 6 (0.44%) ISTQB
14 6 (0.44%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (6.23%) QA
2 31 (2.27%) GDPR
3 26 (1.90%) Accessibility
3 26 (1.90%) PCI DSS
4 24 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (1.10%) SOC 2
6 14 (1.03%) NIST
7 11 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
8 10 (0.73%) NCSC
9 8 (0.59%) GRC
10 6 (0.44%) IFRS
11 5 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.29%) SLA
12 4 (0.29%) WCAG
13 3 (0.22%) Data Quality
13 3 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 3 (0.22%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.22%) SEPA
14 1 (0.073%) EMIR
14 1 (0.073%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 409 (29.96%) Docker
2 13 (0.95%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.37%) Firmware
4 2 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.073%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.073%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 424 (31.06%) Kubernetes
2 248 (18.17%) Terraform
3 90 (6.59%) Grafana
4 78 (5.71%) Ansible
5 39 (2.86%) Prometheus
6 22 (1.61%) Kibana
7 16 (1.17%) Argo
8 9 (0.66%) HP Fortify
8 9 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (0.51%) Puppet
10 6 (0.44%) Cilium
11 4 (0.29%) Istio
11 4 (0.29%) Packer
11 4 (0.29%) Rancher
12 3 (0.22%) Nagios
13 2 (0.15%) MIIS
13 2 (0.15%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 121 (8.86%) Microsoft
2 62 (4.54%) Google
3 51 (3.74%) Oracle
4 45 (3.30%) Typelevel
5 19 (1.39%) IBM
6 17 (1.25%) OpenAI
7 16 (1.17%) Red Hat
8 15 (1.10%) Salesforce
8 15 (1.10%) SAP
9 14 (1.03%) Dynatrace
10 13 (0.95%) AppDynamics
10 13 (0.95%) CrowdStrike
11 10 (0.73%) Atlassian
11 10 (0.73%) Cisco
11 10 (0.73%) Software AG
12 9 (0.66%) Databricks
12 9 (0.66%) Palo Alto
12 9 (0.66%) Splunk
13 8 (0.59%) MuleSoft
14 7 (0.51%) Guidewire